The 2018 IHF Women's Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of the

IHF Women's Junior World Championship The IHF Women's U20 Handball World Championship (or the IHF Women's Junior World Championship) is the official competition for women's national handball teams under age 20, has been organized by the International Handball Federation The Inter ...

that took place in

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, Hungary from 1 to 14 July 2018. Hungary won their first ever title by defeating Norway 28–22 in the final.

Qualification

Venues

Matches will be played in

. * Főnix Hall (6,500) *Hódos Imre Sports Hall (2,000)

Draw

The draw was held on 26 April 2018 at

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Seeding

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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President's Cup

21st place bracket

21st–23rd place semifinal

21st place game

17th place bracket

17th–20th place semifinals

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19th place game

17th place game

9–16th placement games

The eight losers of the round of 16 will be seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1–4.

Ranking

15th place game

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

;5th place bracket

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

* MVP : Song Hye-soo * Top Goalscorer :

Helena Paulo Helena Gilda Simão Paulo (born 24 January 1998) is an Angolan handball player for Primeiro de Agosto and the Angolan national team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's Handball. She represented Angola at the 2017 World Women' ...

(73 goals)

All-Star Team

* Goalkeeper : Polina Kaplina * Right wing :

Dorottya Faluvégi Dorottya Faluvégi (born 31 March 1998) is a Hungarian female handballer for SG BBM Bietigheim and the Hungarian national team. Achievements * IHF Women's Junior World Championship: **''Winner'': 2018 *Magyar Kupa: **''Winner'': 2017, 2021 * H ...

* Right back : Line Ellertsen * Centre back : Henny Reistad * Left back :

Noémi Háfra Noémi Háfra (born 5 October 1998) is a Hungarian handballer for Váci NKSE and the Hungary women's national handball team, Hungarian national team. In September 2018, she was included by European Handball Federation, EHF in a list of the twen ...

* Left wing : Emma Friis * Pivot : Noémi Pásztor

References

External links

Official websiteIHF website
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